Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 3863 11 Jun 2025, 13:36

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 157 0 0 0 0 157 21 0 21 48:3.552 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:32.537
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:49.910
And I update APT using apt 13.522
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 26.099
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 3.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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57.537
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 15.594
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 27.382
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.798
And persistence is disabled 0.385
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 13.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:53.784
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 16.591
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.479
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.128
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 31.565
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 2.185
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.293
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:46.165
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.308
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:13.739
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 12.912
And the system is very low on memory 5.537
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 2.422
When I try to create a persistent partition 31.857
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.269
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.791
And I free up some memory 3.626
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.000
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:12.883
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 14.766
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.974
And all tps features are active 2.383
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.947
When I disable the first tps feature 6.207
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.375
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.319
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:25.505
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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21.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.239
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.212
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.170
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.123
When I disable the first tps feature 6.694
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.143
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.067
When I enable the first tps feature 3.196
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
20.448
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.840
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.104
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 6.559
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.802
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:19.671
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.106
And the network is plugged 0.100
And Tor is ready 29.244
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.643
When I write some files expected to persist 1.865
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.967
# XXX: The next step succeeds (and the --debug output confirms that it's actually looking for the files) but will fail in a subsequent scenario restoring the same snapshot. This exactly what we want, but why does it work? What is guestfs's behaviour when qcow2 internal snapshots are involved?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 24.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:17.901
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.106
And the network is plugged 0.135
And Tor is ready 21.908
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.289
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.690
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:16.148
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.080
And Tor is ready 18.951
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.365
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046
Tags: @product
1:11.508
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 17.961
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.111
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 26.345
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 26.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:50.034
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.931
When I enable persistence 40.180
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.753
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 27.857
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 58.440
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.555
When I cold reboot the computer 7.511
And the computer reboots Tails 1:2.579
Given I enable persistence 20.166
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.608
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 42.993
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product
3:56.167
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.336
# Note that if anything fails after the passphrase was changed and
# before it's changed back below, subsequent scenarios might fail
# because the Persistent Storage doesn't have the expected passphrase.
When I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage 32.927
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.219
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 2:29.206
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 30.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product
1:0.953
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.815
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.106
Then persistence is disabled 0.355
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.412
And all notifications have disappeared 9.283
When I delete the persistent partition 7.140
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:44.606
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.359
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.839
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 2:22.982
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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1:43.658
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.335
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.089
When I try to enable persistence 0.528
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 30.252
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 43.875
And all notifications have disappeared 8.548
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 4.270
And all tps features are enabled 3.293
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
8:42.894
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7:8.553
And I enable persistence 37.099
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 51.969
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 1.890
And persistence is enabled 3.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.402
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.529
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.835
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
59.056
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.997
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.032
When I enable persistence 37.628
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.101
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.947
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.944
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.780
When I try to enable persistence 0.518
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 25.138
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.923
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 4.221
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 3.513
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.204
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:3.968
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.218
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.269
When I try to enable persistence 0.283
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 31.939
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.328
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.112
When I log in to a new session 41.606
And all notifications have disappeared 10.782
# Now both WhisperBack and Tor Browser has started at the same
# time, so we do not know which window is focused. The steps about
# Tor Browser care about that, but the ones about WhisperBack do
# not, so we first deal with WhisperBack and then kill it to
# ensure that Tor Browser is focused.
Then WhisperBack is prefilled for fsck with summary: "Failed to repair the file system of your Persistent Storage" 0.472
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 1.580
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.506
Then the Tor Browser starts 22.467
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
2:5.844
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.594
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.180
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.726
When I try to enable persistence 0.517
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 21.370
When I log in to a new session 49.240
And all notifications have disappeared 9.575
Then the Tor Browser starts 25.161
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000